Разработчик: Eendhoorn Games
Описание
The game does feature a singleplayer mode, but the main meat of the game is the local multiplayer mode!
SpiritSphere DX is a competitive local multiplayer game that draws inspiration from classics like Zelda and Windjammers and mashes it together with the nostalgic feel of playing air hockey at your local arcade. The game is easy to pick up, but hard hard to master and can quickly lead to heated one-versus-one battles of wits and reflexes as you fight for each point.
Take a pick from multiple characters with their own unique abilities and battle it out in a variety of arenas set in a classic RPG world. Stay on your toes as there are power-ups to collect that can help you or your opponent to suddenly turn the tide and take home the victory!
The game features an 8-bit art style that sticks closely to the NES color palette and associated restrictions. The electrifying soundtrack is by the hands of Gas1312.
Features
- Competitive local multiplayer action
- Fast paced arcade style gameplay
- Multiple stages, characters and balls to play with
- Retro flavored graphics and sound
- Easy to pick up, hard to master
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows XP or higher
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or higher
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: 3D graphics card
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 150 MB available space
- Sound Card: If your computer can make sound you're good
Отзывы пользователей
Somehow fun but buggy and clunky control.
When I bought Spiritsphere DX I was looking for a pong or air hockey style game and I kinda got that. I do understand that this game is supposed to be a multiplayer experience and I only played it by myself, so take my opinions with a grain of salt. However I do believe that this game has a lot of issues that go beyond “it would be more fun with friends”.
If you shoot the ball straight towards the CPU they will return it perfectly straight the ball will not go any faster or bounce towards the side or anything, you can keep this up until the end of time. However the first player that deviates from this is at a disadvantage, so if you decided to shoot the ball at an angle the CPU now can hit you with a shot that might even be impossible to defend against if you are using one of the weak characters. In general attacking is almost always a bad move in hard mode and the best way to play is by being defensive and just wait until the ai takes mercy on you and lets you score which is pretty lame.
Another problem I have is with aimed shots, it is not possible to do a special attack close to the net and then back up because if you do that you basically redirect the shot towards your own goal. The issue here is that you can’t ever use a special close to the net or else you get punished which leads to more defensive play.
The characters in this game are either overpowered or completely useless, there is no in-between. The dwarf for example is so utterly useless it is crazy, his special has like 2 seconds of lag at the end and you cannot direct the shot after hitting with it. His “dash” is a worthless jump also with a ton of lag the only move worth using is the axe throw which is also rather weak. If you compare him to Slime-san which is probably the most overpowered character it shows how much of a joke dwarf really is. Slime-san gets a great normal attack which doubles as a dash and has a special that triples his size making defending and counter-attacking super easy. In a multiplayer setting some characters have troublesome abilities, for example the blue dog can reduce the speed of shots forcing a stalemate where neither player can ever score.
The game never really tells you how to unlock stuff and get the achievements, from reading through the forum I figured out that you have to play each map a certain amount of times. After beating the single player 10 times I beat each map individually about 20 times in regular match with only 1 point per round.
The animations and graphics chop, skip, and lag way too severely when playing it in the Proton compatibility tool for it to be playable.
WORTH EVERY PENNY!!!!
Have you ever wished Zelda was a versus tennis game?? THE WAIT IS OVER.
This game is a seriously good way to kill an afternoon. Lots of subtle references to classic NES games like Dragon Warrior. Great mechanics. Very balanced so far.
This may be in my Top 10 games of the last few years. Grab a fren and have a go!
I feel the Windjammers comparison doesn't do this game justice. The base gameplay is much closer to that Super Famicom hidden gem, Sanrio World Smash Ball. In that game, you picked one of four Sanrio characters (sans Hello Kitty, who instead acts as referee) and hit a discus back and forth with your opponent across a vertical playing field. The goal was to get the disc into your opponent's playing field, while keeping it away from your own. That's essentially what this game does, but with a Game Boy-era Zelda aesthetic.
Of course, I would be remiss if I didn't mention everything else this game has to offer. Sure, there are basic two-to-four-player matches and a decent arcade-style campaign mode, but SpiritSphere DX has new campaign modes that set it apart from the competition. Squash Mode, for example, is a two-player racquetball clone, where you trade off hitting a ball against a wall. If you touch the ball when it's not your turn or let the ball touch the wall behind you when it is your turn, the opponent gets a point. It was a lot of fun testing this mode with one of my siblings. There's also target practice, where two players cooperate to hit targets within a time limit, and 2v1 boss mode, which I have not been able to test at the time of this review. All game modes go by pretty fast, even at high skill levels, so it's great for tournament play.
Needless to say, you get a fair amount of content for ten bucks. I personally wouldn't spend that much on this game, but it's totally worth it if you get it on sale like I did. It's a good local multiplayer title that will definitely get overshadowed when Windjammers 2 comes out (especially if that game has decent online play) but shouldn't be missed out on for its unique gameplay.
This game is so fun for local multiplayer! It's like a crazy retro-styled air hockey!
It's rad.
Very fun game for local coop and dev has been responsive about fixing bugs and fixing broken achievements.
I think the game is great, and it's fun to play with friends. I see 2 problems with it: 1. The easy AI are too easy compared to the normal AI which is difficult to play against when starting out.
Edit:
I've tried this game out recently with several controllers playing local coop.
It was a blast. This game, much like towerfall, shouldn't be played solo. If you have controllers and a few friends to play with this is a great couch co-op game. If you were looking for something to play solo / online, this is not that. Easy enough rules / button configurations that my wife (who does not like video games) could play with me; and even she had a good time.
Original review:
I really wanted to like this game. The art style is cool, and it looked like a lot of fun.
It's not fun, unfortunately. Its really frustrating, and what you see is what you get. There's not a lot of fun alternate modes, or secrets or strategies. Just play pong with a zelda/final fantasy skin.
I just can't recommend this.
very charming, nails the gameplay, music, and art! super multiplayer
This game is Pong, airhockey, racketball, etc.... with pixle based retro aspects scattered throughout. This game is great but it! A game hasn't grabbed my familys attention like this in a while, we started it up and 3 hours later had to turn it off because it was so late. This is one hell of a gem, great game!
Bought this game ´cause I like that pixel graphics, simple, but catchy gameplay and oldschool handheld theme. I discovered that SpiritSphere brings much more... Except things I´ve already mentioned, it has cool funny music which perfectly fits to whole concept of the game, singleplayer is also fine for a while until you unlock all spheres and understand differences between characters and maps, but ... the best is multiplayer. It´s so incredibly fun. Yeah, I have to warn it´s probably not a game for impatient persons. But otherwise it will gives you tons of funny moments. Playing it with my younger brother (honestly he´s not very patient) and we got hella fun. Brother is getting mad constantly (in a good way) but we´ve never played funnier game. I cannot eager to play it with my GF or friends. xD You will be angry, frustrated, mad, crazy about that but you want definitely stick to game and play it more. Beating your friends is so rewarding. You know that feelings like: "Ok, one more game. It´s my turn. Now I´m gonna beat your *** off." xD Yeah, you´ll probably keep saying that right after every game. At least I do. This game is a hidden miracle (in a meaning that it´s not well known yet which is sad, because SpiritSphere deserves much more attention and I hope it will get it in a future). Excellent couch party game. Simply, top notch. Cannot wait for more promised content (stages, characters, squash mode, etc.).
I totally approve Warwick J´s review and recommend you to read it if you are interested and thinking about SpiritSphere.
Thanks a lot to developer for a hard work, great idea and even better execution. I love it. BTW, still don´t know how to unlock Kao (hidden character). Maybe a little advice? :)
Keep up a good work.
It is a small but fun game.
It has nice Legend of Zelda (SNES) stile pixel graphics and good animations.
Playing multiplayer is best with 2 controllers.
If you like playing local multiplayer games try this!
It is quite different to other games and easy to learn (movement+3 buttons simple rules) but quite hard to master. (Timing trickshots, tricking opponent etc.)
There are not that many different levels (or characters) yet, but the difference in playing with the characters and agaisnt them are quite big!
The same is true for the stages, since they can change the way you play drastically!
The Gameboy-Zelda graphics attracted me to this game, but it's actually really fun too!
The game is basically air-hockey with much deeper mechanics - stages transform, you can collect and use power up items, and each player has different moves for hitting the ball.
It's in Early Access, so there's not a lot of content yet, but what's there works well and it looks like a lot more stuff is coming soon, so I'm looking forward to it. There's already a lot of variety in the different playable characters, balls, and stages - they all change the style of gameplay a lot, and things can get pretty frantic.
Overall this is a fun game to play with a friend on the couch, and I hope over time it becomes something amazing.
(looking forward to the upcoming 4-player mode!)
This game is pretty fun! especially against someone you want get intimate with because you will criss coss handy dandy till you guys are mad at each other and some one says fk this game 10/10 and storms off
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Eendhoorn Games |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 24.01.2025 |
| Metacritic | 64 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 81% положительных (16) |